Tube Alloys was initiated during World War II.
Sources
- History of nuclear weapons (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00295450.2021.1910004 (tandfonline.com)
- https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-and-nuclear-weapons-the-second-world-war-to-the-21st-century/ (ukdefencejournal.org.uk)
- https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/events/tube-alloys-jesus-college-oxford-and-british-atom-bomb-project (physics.ox.ac.uk)
- https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/british-nuclear-program/ (ahf.nuclearmuseum.org)
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